Chris Strand put proper finishing touches on fishing at Heidecke Lake with a 42-inch muskie on Sept. 24.
“Two casts later I laid hand on a 38-incher, but he flopped and got back in the water,” he messaged. “Also one more abut 32 to 34 inches that swiped and missed the bait.”
He wasn’t using a leader while fishing a small swimbait for bass.
Fishing closes at Heidecke, the former cooling lake near Morris, for the season on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
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